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Health and Care Worker Visa: Your Questions Answered
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

In This Article 1. Overview of the Health and Care Worker Visa: Eligibility and Family Provisions 2. What Are the Eligibility Requirements? 3. Which Occupations Are Eligible for the Health and Care Worker Visa? 4....

 Who Are the Approved Sponsors? 5. What Are the Salary Thresholds? 6. How Can I Prove My English Language Proficiency? 7. How Can I Meet the Financial Requirements for the Health and Care Worker Visa? 8....

Requirements for a Health and Care Worker Visa
By Bernard Wood - Immigration Barrister

Launched in 2020 the Health and Care Worker Visa is open to qualified doctors, nurses and allied health professionals of all nationalities (except British and Irish) who have been trained to a recognised standard....

 The route can lead to settlement after 5 years and applicants can be joined by dependent partners and children. What are the eligible roles to qualify for a Health and Care Visa? In order to qualify for a...

Healthcare Worker Visa: Calculating Salary Rates
By Georgina Griggs - Immigration Barrister

Employers seeking to sponsor migrants under the Skilled Worker route’s Health and Care Worker Visa must be paid an appropriate salary for their position. Their salary must be equal to, or exceed, the...

 minimum salary requirements as set out in Appendix Skilled Worker and Appendix Skilled Occupations to the Immigration Rules. For healthcare workers, these are calculated differently to other occupation codes. This...

UK Visa for Care Workers & Home Carers: Update
By Paul Richmond - Managing Partner

As we reported last month, in an attempt to alleviate current pressure on the health and social care system as a result of Covid-19, the Home Office recently announced that the UK Health and Care Worker visa is...

 to be opened up to overseas care workers, care assistants and home carers. More details have now been released in a Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules HC1019 published on 24 January 2022. Health...

Dependants of Health and Care Workers: FAQ’s
By Annie Ee - Senior Legal Associate

The Health and Care Worker category was introduced on 4 August 2020 for individuals who are medical professionals and who will work in the health and care sector in the UK. To understand the requirements for...

 a Health and Care Worker Visa, you can refer to our recent blog. Dependants of the Health and Care Worker can apply to join or stay with their family member in the UK.  What are the requirements for a Health...

Home Office has doubled NHS charge for immigrants
By Richmond Chambers -

Starting 8th January 2019, immigrants in the United Kingdom will be charged twice the standard amount to use the NHS. The UK Immigration Health Surcharge has now gone up from £200 to £400 per year of leave. This...

 will affect a wide range of foreign citizens, including those who have lived within the country since childhood. Immigrant nurses who work for the National Health Service are not exempt from this price...

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